Laundrying device.



F. SCHWARZ.

LAUNDRYING DEVICE. APPLICATION HLED iuLY 29.1918.

11,293,212A Pnted Feb. 4, 1919.

citizen of the United States,

FRANK SCHWARZ, 0F MGCLEARY, WASHINGTON.

LAUNDRYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application led July 29, 1918. Serial N o. 247,281.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SCHWARZ, a residing at McCleary, in the countyof Grays Harbor and State of Washington, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Laundrying Devices' and I do 'declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to laundrying devices, and it relates morespecifically to an improved form of clothes-stick.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will effectively and quickly engage with the clothes ina tub or boiler for lifting them therefrom or stirring and shiftingfacilitate the washing thereof, withoutdanger ofA tearing or otherwiseinjuring the clothes.

Another object is to provide a device of this character that may Abemanipulated with comparative ease; and

other object is to provide a device of this character which may bemanufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Other objects `and advantages may become apparent to persons who readthe following details of description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which z- Figure l is a side elevation of my improvedclothes-stick;

Fig. 2 the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional the line 3`3 of Fig. 1.

Referring tothese drawings in detail in which similar referencecharacters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views,the device is preferably turned integrally from apiece of hard wood andthen formed with V-shaped grooves which extend along the stick, so thata plurality of view along mediate portion, being smooth and cylindricalso as to provide a handle or manipulating element. The handle isdesignated by Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each,by addressing the ,Y Washington, D. C.

1s a transverse sectional view along the reference character 5, and isapproXimately four times as long as the clothesengaging portion 6 whichis formed by the said plurality of armular series of lateralprojections. The projections are indicated by the reference character 7,and those`of each annular series are separated from one another by theV-shaped grooves 8. Each annular series forms a group which issubstantially frusto-conical and which tapers toward theclothes-engaging end of the of the annular grooves annular series ofelements v7 from one another, each of these elements 7 is formed withapyramidal apex 9 at each of its opposite sides, or at each side of theadjacent grooves 8. The apexes or points 9 are somewhat sharp, so thatan article of clothing may be engaged therein upon imparting a rotarymotion to the stick while in engagement with the clothing; but thepoints 9 are not so sharp as to injure the clothing because they areformed by the meeting of the apexes of three obtuse-angular surfaces.

The manipulation of this device will be understood and appreciated bypersons who are familiar with the art of laundrying.

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention veryspecifically it is not intended to limit the same to these exact detailsof construction, but I am entitled to make changes within the scope ofthe inventive idea disclosed in the foregoing description and thefollowing claim.

at I claim as my invention is:

AA clothes-stick comprising a clothes-engaging portion formed with aplurality of annular series of lateral projections, each of saidprojections terminating in a sharp corner which is formed by the meetingapexes of three obtuse angles that form surfaces of the projection.

In testimony my hand.

whereof I have hereunto set FRANK SCHWARZ.

Commissioner of Patents,

